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27th Annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture with John R. Clarke

John R. Clarke, Regents Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and Co-Director of The Oplontis Project, will present results of the work of the Oplontis Project with emphasis on the current exhibition, Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii. Since 2006, Dr. Clarke's research team has had the charge from the Italian Ministry of Culture to study, excavate and write about the Roman villas first uncovered in 1964 at Torre Annunziata, Italy. Dr. Clarke will highlight the most innovative techniques employed in the Project’s investigations and will present the discovery, in 2014–2016, of the long-lost sea façade of the structure known as Villa A.

Presented by the Archaeological Institute of America- Western Massachusetts Society and co-hosted by the Smith College Museum of Art

Lunch immediately following for all attendees at the Smith College Conference Center

Leisure & Luxury: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Structuring the Exhibition

Panel Discussion moderated by Barbara Kellum, Professor of Art, Smith College, with Elaine Gazda, Regina Gee and Tim Liddell, members of the international team of scholars who created the current Smith College Museum of Art exhibition, Leisure & Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii.